Trump accuses US law enforcement of illegally spying on his campaign
Washington — US President Donald Trump accused US law enforcement of illegally spying on his campaign, but offered no evidence to support his assertion. He said on Sunday that documents released by the FBI relating to a former adviser’s ties to Russia showed that his campaign for the 2016 presidential election had been illegally spied upon. In a series of Twitter posts, Trump also accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice of misleading the courts during a probe of Russian interference in the election, but did not elaborate. The FBI documents released on Saturday showed how in 2016 the bureau requested surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, as part of that investigation, saying the bureau believed he had been collaborating with the Russian government. "Looking more & more like the Trump Campaign for President was illegally being spied upon (surveillance) for the political gain of Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC," Trump wrote on ...
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